what does it mean when someone tells you there is no I in team?

Question

My co worker is not a team player and he said this to me today What do you think he meant?

Answer 1

It means everybody works together and not just one person.

Answer 2

It means that the word team is not spelled with the letter i in it. Which means, that everyone on a team has to work together. For example, in sports, there are the better players who tend to try and do everything themselves, instead of them working with the rest of the team.
He was telling you that you are not a team player. Is he the type that will take credit for everything done? Then if so he is definitely NOT a team player.

Answer 3

Typically it means there is no individuality in team so you don't use the word "i" you use "we" instead because you work together not alone to accomplish the task. I think because your co-worker is not a team player he offered a play on words to mean the opposite. There is no "I" ( meaning him ) on the team ..... so he is working for his own betterment and doesn't care about the team.
I'd watch your back if I were you . Good luck !!

Answer 4

If you are a member of a team you are expected to put the good of the team before personal considerations and think of yourself as part of the group. e.g. WE need to approach this from another angle, WE can achieve the target, WE worked out the solution to the problem
Poor team players cannot do this and think in terms of themselves without considering the effect on the rest of the team. e.g. I can't work late, I don't care if we don't reach the deadline, I worked out the solution to the problem.
So there is no place in a team for an "I" man.

Answer 5

The expression "there is no I in TEAM" means...there are no individuals...this is a team effort...were all in it together.

Your co worker who is not a team player, but who said that to you must think he is a team player and you're not.

Answer 6

He is Prob Trying to you that you are not a Team Player! Sometimes it Just Seems That Way, Even if Everyone is Doing Their Part. Sometimes it Helps if Everyone Looks From a Different Point of Veiw...You Know, "Walk a Mile in Their Shoes"

Answer 7

when some one says this they are telling you that you are trying to be the only person, voice , idea giver, in other words no one has a chance to contribute anything to you , In your mind you know what is best with out any input from the rest of the team A team functions with every one working together for the good of the project, not self. T E A M no i

Answer 8

It means that it takes a team to win, not an individual. Your co-worker doesn't know what he's talking about.

Answer 9

Frame of reference - a coworker that isn't a team player says "there is no 'i' in team" ---

We all know what the phrase means, but could it be this person was being sarcastic, as in
- coworker is the "i" - therefore saying in code "I am not part of the team"

Or, maybe I'm drinking too much these days and seeing things in funny shapes.

Answer 10

i think your co-worker meant to make himself look totally stupid. if he was insinuating that you were not being a team player and he was, {you stated that he is not a team player} then maybe he is not smart enough to understand what team player means.

Answer 11

It means that a team is a group of people working together not just one person (Thats where the I comes in)